13,315
13K
2007
2007
by
Aciman, André
texts
eye 13,315
favorite 58
comment 0
Topics: Teenage boys, Gay teenagers, Authors
3,830
3.8K
2006
2006
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
eye 3,830
favorite 25
comment 0
The secret revealed -- The secret made simple -- How to use the secret -- Powerful processes -- The secret to money -- The secret to relationships -- The secret to health -- The secret to the world -- The secret to you -- The secret to life
Topic: New Thought
2,252
2.3K
1987
1987
by
Schwartz, David Joseph
texts
eye 2,252
favorite 47
comment 0
"A Fireside book."
Topic: Success
1,801
1.8K
1978
1978
by
Deveraux, Jude
texts
eye 1,801
favorite 1
comment 0
1,739
1.7K
1958
1958
by
Uris, Leon, 1924-2003
texts
eye 1,739
favorite 2
comment 0
A novel of Israel
Topics: Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jews, Holocaust survivors, Jewish refugees, Juifs
1,708
1.7K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
eye 1,708
favorite 19
comment 1
In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the...
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Topics: African American men, Death row inmates, Race relations, Friendship, Roman américain
1,669
1.7K
1999
1999
by
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-; Myers, Christopher, ill
texts
eye 1,669
favorite 10
comment 0
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken
Topics: Trials (Murder), Prisons, Self-perception, African Americans, Trials (Murder), Prisons,...
1,418
1.4K
texts
eye 1,418
favorite 6
comment 0
"Book One of the After series--the Internet sensation with millions of readers. Tessa didn't plan on meeting H. during her freshman year of college. But now that she has, her life will never be the same"--
Topics: Man-woman relationships, FICTION, FICTION, Man-woman relationships
1,253
1.3K
2004
2004
by
Tartt, Donna
texts
eye 1,253
favorite 5
comment 0
Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life -- in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable
Topics: Teacher-student relationships, College students, Classicists, Murder, College stories, Papen,...
1,250
1.3K
2012
2012
by
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
texts
eye 1,250
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: Mexican-Americans, Coming of age, Homosexuality, Families, Friendship, Fiction
1,181
1.2K
2008
2008
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 1,181
favorite 35
comment 14
A Junior Library Guild selection
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 14 reviews )
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Families, Diaries, Middle schools, Schools, Family life, Diaries, Humorous...
1,162
1.2K
2012
2012
by
Madeline Miller
texts
eye 1,162
favorite 13
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Trojan War, Greeks, Fiction, Achilles (Greek mythology), History
1,071
1.1K
texts
eye 1,071
favorite 8
comment 2
This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her struggle for survival. It is the winner of the Noma Award
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Women, Teachers, Women teachers, Bigamy, Nouvelles africaines de langue française
1,069
1.1K
1984
1984
by
Schwartz, Alvin
texts
eye 1,069
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: Ghost stories, American, Tales -- United States, Ghosts -- Folklore, Horror stories, Folklore --...
1,033
1.0K
2006
2006
by
Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett, ill
texts
eye 1,033
favorite 3
comment 0
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe
Topics: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Islands, Humorous stories
1,026
1.0K
texts
eye 1,026
favorite 12
comment 0
Originally published: Australia : Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topics: Man-woman relationships, Dominance (Psychology), Man-woman relationships, FICTION / Contemporary...
984
984
1995
1995
by
Matheson, Richard
texts
eye 984
favorite 7
comment 0
"The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by Richard Matheson"--Page 4 of cover
Topics: Vampire fiction, Thriller Fiction
935
935
1993
1993
by
James Baldwin
texts
eye 935
favorite 6
comment 0
Topics: African Americans, Black Muslims, United States -- Race relations
929
929
2000
2000
by
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
texts
eye 929
favorite 2
comment 0
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Topics: Mexican Americans -- California -- Juvenile fiction, Mexican Americans -- California -- Fiction,...
918
918
texts
eye 918
favorite 10
comment 0
Topics: Humorous stories, Middle schools, Diaries, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Family life,...
909
909
2001
2001
by
Nasar, Sylvia
texts
eye 909
favorite 10
comment 0
Reprint. Previously published: A beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999
Topics: Nash, John F., 1928-, Mathematicians, Mentally ill, Schizophrenics, Schizophrenia, Mathematics
907
907
2000
2000
by
Murphy, Raymond; Smalzer, William R
texts
eye 907
favorite 5
comment 0
"Self-study reference and practice for students of English, with answers"--T.p
Topics: English language, English language, English language
906
906
2000
2000
by
Snicket, Lemony; Helquist, Brett, ill
texts
eye 906
favorite 10
comment 1
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky
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Topics: Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Humorous stories, Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Humorous stories
893
893
Sep 6, 2005
09/05
by
Neil Strauss
texts
eye 893
favorite 6
comment 0
885
885
2010
2010
by
John Green (1977- )
texts
eye 885
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: Interpersonal relations -- Fiction, Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction, Homosexuality -- Fiction,...
883
883
2009
2009
by
Pink, Daniel H
texts
eye 883
favorite 14
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index
Topic: Motivation (Psychology)
865
865
1998
1998
by
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-
texts
eye 865
favorite 5
comment 0
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Book Award (American Library Association), 1999
Topics: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, Women, Man-woman relationships, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction
861
861
texts
eye 861
favorite 12
comment 0
855
855
2010
2010
by
Byrne, Rhonda
texts
eye 855
favorite 8
comment 0
What is the power? -- The power of feelings -- Feeling frequencies -- The power and creation -- Feeling is creation -- Your life ? : your choice -- Keys to power -- The power to money -- The power to relationships -- The power to health -- The power and you -- The power to life
Topic: Control (Psychology)
850
850
2011
2011
by
Rainbow Rowell
texts
eye 850
favorite 15
comment 0
849
849
2002
2002
by
Indu Sundaresan
texts
eye 849
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Nūr Jahān, -- Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, -- d. 1645 -- Fiction,...
847
847
texts
eye 847
favorite 5
comment 0
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash
Topics: Interpersonal relations, Boarding schools, Schools, Death
839
839
1995
1995
by
Guterson, David
texts
eye 839
favorite 12
comment 0
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar...
Topics: Japanese Americans, Trials (Murder), Journalists
828
828
2011
2011
by
Higashino, Keigo, 1958-; Smith, Alexander O
texts
eye 828
favorite 6
comment 1
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Topic: Fiction
817
817
texts
eye 817
favorite 9
comment 0
Originally published: Australia : The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 2011
Topic: Sexual dominance and submission
782
782
2018
2018
by
Lee, Kai-Fu, author
texts
eye 782
favorite 7
comment 0
xi, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects -- China, Artificial intelligence -- Economic aspects...
779
779
2008
2008
by
Johanna Lindsey
texts
eye 779
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction, Kidnapping -- Fiction, Americans -- England -- Fiction
776
776
2009
2009
by
Kinney, Jeff; Kinney, Jeff, book designer, cover designer; Beckerman, Chad, cover designer; Amulet Books, publisher
texts
eye 776
favorite 4
comment 0
"Book design by Jeff Kinney ; Cover design by Chad W. Beckerman and Jeff Kinney."--T.p. verso
Topics: Wit and humor, Juvenile, Humorous stories, Summer, Diaries, Vacations, Video games, Mothers and...
747
747
texts
eye 747
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: United States. -- National Security Agency -- Fiction, Intelligence officers -- Fiction, Computer...
746
746
2002
2002
by
Gawande, Atul
texts
eye 746
favorite 5
comment 0
"Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso
Topics: Gawande, Atul, Surgeons, Surgery, Chirurg, General Surgery, Medical Errors
731
731
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 731
favorite 2
comment 0
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along
Topics: Chauffeurs, Poor, Ambition, Businesspeople
729
729
1999
1999
by
George R. R. Martin
texts
eye 729
favorite 1
comment 0
727
727
1998
1998
by
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1928-; Rabassa, Gregory
texts
eye 727
favorite 14
comment 0
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1970 by Harper & Row, Publishers
Topic: Macondo (Imaginary place)
717
717
2011
2011
by
Johanna Lindsey
texts
eye 717
favorite 3
comment 0
Topics: Mistaken identity, Fiction
706
706
2011
2011
by
Isaacson, Walter
texts
eye 706
favorite 12
comment 0
"FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and...
Topics: Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011, Apple Computer, Inc, Computer engineers, Businesspeople, BIOGRAPHY &...
705
705
2011
2011
by
Schwartz, Jeffrey, 1951-; Gladding, Rebecca
texts
eye 705
favorite 6
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Behavior modification, Habit breaking, Brain, Change (Psychology)
702
702
2011
2011
by
Souljah, Sister
texts
eye 702
favorite 4
comment 0
693
693
2001
2001
by
Lindsey, Johanna
texts
eye 693
favorite 0
comment 0
Follows the star-crossed romance of a strong-willed woman who vows that no man will ever capture her heart and the powerful warrior who is equally determined to fight for what he wants
Topics: Women construction workers, Love stories
676
676
1997
1997
by
Oyono, Ferdinand, 1929-
texts
eye 676
favorite 2
comment 0
Topic: Cameroun -- Fiction
672
672
2001
2001
by
Strauss, Neil; Mötley Crüe (Musical group); Mick Mars; Nikki Sixx; Neil Strauss
texts
eye 672
favorite 9
comment 0
Tommy Lee ; Mick Mars ; Vince Neil ; Nikki Sixx
Topics: Biography: film, television & music, Rock & pop, Rock musicians, Composers & Musicians...
668
668
1983
1983
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 668
favorite 5
comment 0
"A Signet book."
Topics: Horror stories, Horror tales, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Teenagers
668
668
1998
1998
by
Roberts, Nora. aut
texts
eye 668
favorite 4
comment 0
Topics: Bays, Boatbuilding x Fiction, Brothers
664
664
2008
2008
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 664
favorite 4
comment 0
A Junior Library Guild selection
Topics: Middle schools, Schools, Families, Diaries, Humorous stories, Children's stories, Middle schools,...
664
664
2009
2009
by
Grossman, Lev
texts
eye 664
favorite 7
comment 1
As a senior in high school Quentin Coldwater became preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. After graduating from college and being admitted into a highly exclusive, secret society of magic in upstate New York, he makes a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined for his childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth...
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Literature & Fiction -- Literary, Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Fantasy -- Magic &...
649
649
1999
1999
by
Stephen Chbosky
texts
eye 649
favorite 7
comment 0
Topics: High school students -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction, Epistolary fiction, Diary fiction,...
646
646
2007
2007
by
Mead, Richelle
texts
eye 646
favorite 10
comment 0
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots
Topics: Vampires, High schools, Magic, Social classes, Vampires, High schools, Schools, Magic, Social...
645
645
2011
2011
by
King, Stephen, 1947-
texts
eye 645
favorite 3
comment 0
Watershed moment -- The janitor's father -- Living in the past -- Sadie and the general -- 11/22/63 -- The green card man
Topics: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Time travel
643
643
2008
2008
by
Byrne, Lorna
texts
eye 643
favorite 3
comment 1
Through different eyes -- The gatekeepers -- Stairway to heaven -- Why do you hide from me? -- Elijah -- Absorbing the pain of others -- A creature without a soul -- The intermediary -- The angel of death -- The bombers -- The angel of mother's love -- Country cottage -- Telling Joe -- I never knew I had a guardian angel -- The power of prayer -- The tunnel -- Three knocks on the window -- Isn't Lorna lucky-- -- "I'm here, I'm here--here I am!" -- The golden chain -- I need some...
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Topics: Byrne, Lorna, Women mystics, Religious biography
641
641
2011
2011
by
Trump, Donald, 1946-; Kiyosaki, Robert T., 1947-
texts
eye 641
favorite 5
comment 0
Includes index
Topics: Success in business, Leadership, Creative ability in business, Businesspeople, Entrepreneurship,...
641
641
2006
2006
by
Kurt Vonnegut
texts
eye 641
favorite 8
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
641
641
2012
2012
by
Bagshawe, Tilly; Sheldon, Sidney
texts
eye 641
favorite 0
comment 0
"When elderly multimillionaire art dealer, Andrew Jakes, is found brutally murdered in his ransacked Hollywood home, his young wife raped and beaten, and his art and jewels stolen, the motive seems pretty clear. But when the investigation doesn't turn up a single, solid lead, the case is closed and his stunning young widow vanishes. A decade passes before Andrew Jakes' estranged son, Matt Daley, does a little digging of his own, only to find that three nearly identical killings have taken...
Topics: Women murderers, Serial murders, Rich people
641
641
2005
2005
by
John Flanagan
texts
eye 641
favorite 5
comment 0
Topics: Heroes -- Fiction, Fantasy
632
632
1993
1993
by
Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-; Backus, Megan; Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964- Munraito shado. English
texts
eye 632
favorite 4
comment 0
628
628
2010
2010
by
Follett, Ken
texts
eye 628
favorite 2
comment 0
628
628
2011
2011
by
Deborah E. Harkness
texts
eye 628
favorite 10
comment 0
625
625
2008
2008
by
Brown, Brené
texts
eye 625
favorite 16
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-297) and index
Topics: Personal Growth - General, Personality, Self-Help / Personal Growth / General, Women's Studies -...
620
620
1981
1981
by
Gaskell, George Arthur
texts
eye 620
favorite 5
comment 0
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Julian Press, 1960
Topics: Symbolism, Mythology, Religions
612
612
1992
1992
by
Coulter, Catherine
texts
eye 612
favorite 4
comment 1
From the multimillion-copy, seven-time New York Times bestselling author comes a magnificent first novel in a trilogy of love and adventure. The Earl of Northcliffe finds himself wed to his intended's sister, and if having an unwanted wife isn't enough, he is also plagued by a ghost called The Virgin Bride. "(Coulter) is the queen of romance with dashing men, beautiful women, sex, intrigue
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Topics: Ghost stories, Nobility
609
609
2010
2010
by
Nelson, Jandy
texts
eye 609
favorite 3
comment 0
In the months after her sister dies, seventeen-year-old Lennie falls into a love triangle and discovers the strength to follow her dream of becoming a musician
Topics: Grief, Death, Sisters, Musicians
607
607
1986
1986
by
Green, Barry, 1945-; Gallwey, W. Timothy
texts
eye 607
favorite 3
comment 0
Introduction / W. Timothy Gallwey -- The Mozart in us -- The inner game -- The inner game skills -- The power of awareness --The power of will -- The power of trust -- Letting go -- Coping with obstacles -- Improving the quality of musical experience --Teaching and learning -- The inner game listener -- Parent and coach -- Integration and balance -- Ensemble playing -- Improvisation, composition, and creativity
Topics: Music, Musique, Musique, Music, Musikpsychologie
599
599
Jan 10, 2008
01/08
by
John J. Ratey
texts
eye 599
favorite 8
comment 0
Topics: Exercise, General, Health & Fitness / Exercise, Health & Fitness, Consumer Health, Mind and...
598
598
2010
2010
by
Robert Jordan
texts
eye 598
favorite 1
comment 0
598
598
2011
2011
by
Evans, Richard Paul
texts
eye 598
favorite 8
comment 2
"Ages 12 up"--Jacket
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Topics: Teenagers, Friendship, Electricity, Tourette syndrome, Prisoners, Superheroes, Teenagers,...
587
587
2009
2009
by
Cullen, David, 1961-
texts
eye 587
favorite 10
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index
Topics: Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.), Littleton (Colo.), Columbine High School Massacre,...
585
585
2011
2011
by
Kinney, Jeff
texts
eye 585
favorite 5
comment 0
"Greg struggles to stay on Santa's 'nice' list while snowed in with the rest of the Heffley family in the days leading up to Christmas"--
Topics: Blizzards, Diary fiction, Families, Humorous stories, Middle schools, Schools, Diaries, Behavior,...
